Some 81m people visit the world’s most popular porn site every day. Here’s everything they need to know about the law.
British authorities quietly amended the 2003 Communications Act earlier this week to ban a variety of themes and scenes from pornography produced in the UK and made available online, with most censorship aimed squarely at scenes of female pleasure.
The vast majority of UK internet users have opted out of the government-backed “porn filter”, which arbitrarily censors the open internet.
Adult websites should have to perform age checks before granting access says the Authority for Television On Demand (Atvod).
In the surest sign yet that adult material has become a recognised part of culture, a new “international, peer-reviewed journal to critically explore cultural products and services designated as pornographic” has been launched.